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    New Thinking: Children and health

    What can we learn from children's experiences in the Pandemic at home and at school?

  2. New Thinking: Carols and Convents

    English Nuns abroad, and are carols just for Christmas?

  3. New Thinking: British Sign Language

    Kate Rowley and Gerardo Ortega talk about new research into British Sign Language

  4. New Thinking: Black British Theatre

    From a Black Juliet in the 18th century to Ira Aldridge’s daughter Amanda.

  5. New Thinking: Beowulf

    Short: How studying grammar and computer games can explain Old English poetry

  6. New Thinking: Archiving the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth ties

    What Birmingham can learn from Scotland + commonwealth commercial connections in the past

  7. New Thinking: AI, feminism, human/machines

    Kerry McInerney, Eleanor Drage and Kendra Briken share their research with Laurence Scott

  8. New Thinking: AHRC Research in Film Awards 2019

    Hetta Howes talks to winners of this year's AHRC Research in Film Awards

  9. New Thinking: Accents

    From variations of Mancunian to descriptions of the Geordie voice

  10. New Thinking: 2024’s New Generation Thinkers

    Introducing ten academics who’ll be sharing their research as part of a BBC/AHRC scheme

  11. New Thinking: Net Zero Design

    How can local communities play a role in cutting carbon emissions?

  12. New Generation Thinkers: Walking with the ghosts of the Durham coalfield

    Jake Morris-Campbell carries the ashes of the poet Bill Martin from Sunderland to Durham.

  13. New Generation Thinkers: The Paradox of Ecological Art

    Vid Simoniti considers eco-art, from Olafur Eliasson to videos by Bo Zheng

  14. New Generation Thinkers: The Inscrutable Writing of Sui Sin Far

    Xine Yao suggests that a poker Chinese face can be a good way of fighting back

  15. New Generation Thinkers: The Feurtado's Fire

    Christienna Fryar looks at Caribbean fires and earthquakes and lessons for rebuilding now

  16. New Generation Thinkers: Ruffs in Jamestown

    Lauren Working on what fashion reveals about C16th English settlers in America

  17. New Generation Thinkers: Hoarding or Collecting?

    Diarmuid Hester muses on the thin line between inspiration and a compulsive disorder.

  18. New Generation Thinkers: Contesting an Alphabet

    Mirela Ivanova on the countries claiming to be the birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet

  19. New Generation Thinkers: Colonial Papers

    Alexandra Reza's Essay considers the Gilet Noirs, Ousmane Sembène, and Nathalie Quintane

  20. New Generation Thinkers: Beyond the betting shop

    Darragh McGee considers the history of gambling from 18th century card games to apps

  21. New Generation Thinkers: Battlefield Finds

    Seren Griffiths tells the story of the soldier turned archaeologist Francis Buckley.

  22. New Generation Thinkers: Alexander and the Persians

    Julia Hartley asks why we call Alexander "the Great".

  23. New Generation Thinkers: African cinema, nationhood, and liberation

    Sarah Jilani on the lessons about power in films by Ousmane Sembene and Souleymane Cissé

  24. New Generation Thinkers: A social history of soup

    Tom Scott-Smith uses four recipes to track social reforms and changes in what we value.

  25. New Generation Thinkers: A Norwegian Morality Tale

    Lucy Weir learns dark lessons from newspaper coverage of Black Metal and satanic rituals

  26. New Generation Thinkers, Screen Writers, Anna Funder, Page One documentary

    Rana Mitter discusses irony with our New Generation Thinkers and Anne McElvoy talks to...

  27. Mrs Gaskell, Gaugin, Colm Toibin & Correct English

    In the 200th year of Mrs Gaskell's birth, Jenny Uglow and Katheryn Hughes discuss her...

  28. Molly Dineen, Brian Christian, Bin Laden, Shah of Iran

    Molly Dineen discusses her first collection of documentaries on DVD. Brian Christian...

  29. Moby Duck, The Art of Peace, Appointment with the Wicker Man

    With Rana Mitter. Donovan Hohn talks about tracking 28,000 yellow plastic ducks lost...

  30. Michel Sheen, Cameron Mackintosh & Wim Wenders

    Michael Sheen talks about his role in the Passion Play in his home town of Port Talbot.

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